My previous OWS posts are: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7; Part 8; Part 9.
The USA shows more and more signs of a police state.
Nick Turse, "What Happened When I Tried to Get Some Answers About the Creepy NYPD Watchtower Monitoring OWS," AlterNet, 06 November 2011.
Turse writes:
He seemed confused and ended our conversation abruptly with: “It’s much more than simple words.”
Here's what's "much more than simple words:" authoritarianism. The police internalize their position in the hierarchy and follow orders without question; that's their job; they are selected and trained for that behavior. That is the nature of all hierarchical organizations including, of course, corporations. If you care to understand more about this human behavior you could begin with Bob Altemyer's The Authoritarians (free book!).
Heather Digby Parton, "Militarising the police from Oakland to NYC," Al Jazeera, 14 November 2011.
Glenn Greenwald, "A police raid suffused with symbolism," Salon.com, 15 November 2011.
Chris Hedges, "This Is What Revolution Looks Like," Truthdig.com, 15 November 2011.
Amy Goodman, "The Brave New World of Occupy Wall Street," Truthdig.com, 15 November 2011.
Gregg Levine, "Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits Cities Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement," capitoilette, 15 November 2011.
Yves Smith, "Police State: #OWS, Other Crackdowns Part of National, Coordinated Effort; Bloomberg Defies Court Order to Let Protestors Back into Zuccotti Park [Update: Judge Rules in Favor of City]," naked capitalism, 15 November 2011.
Yves Smith, "Video of Police Assaulting #OWS Protestor and Punching Woman in the Face," naked capitalism, 15 November 2011.
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, "Police Crackdowns on Occupy Protests from Oakland to New York Herald the 'New Military Urbanism'," Democracy Now!, 16 November 2011.
Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, "As Occupy Enters Third Month, a Look at How Protesters Are Building a Global Movement," Democracy Now!, 16 November 2011.
A very good general discussion; and includes a notable interview with Daniel Ellsberg.
Kevin Gosztola, "NYPD Press Repression at Occupy Wall Street Eviction," FireDogLake, 16 November 2011.
David Atkins, "A Sanitized Eviction," Hullabaloo, 16 November 2011.